DISQUALIFICATION
DIRECTIVE
.
TO: AKC Judges,
AKC Judging
Operations
FROM: Yorkshire
Terrier Club
of America Board of Directors
DATE: September
26, 2007
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SUBJECT:
Clarification of the
Yorkshire Terrier DQ to be initiated on
October 1,
2007
.
The
Disqualification reads as
follows:
Any solid color or
combination
of colors other than blue and tan as
described
above.
Any white markings
other than
a small white spot on the forechest
that does not
exceed 1 inch
at its longest dimension.
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DIRECTIVE;
The new
Disqualification is
an ADDITION to the Yorkshire Terrier
Breed Standard. It
is there
to disqualify Yorkshire Terriers with
colors OTHER THAN
those as described
in our Breed Standard. The
American Kennel
Club is registering
parti-colors, solid colors, and
chocolate and tan
dogs as Yorkshire
Terriers even though they do not
meet our Breed
Standard as written.
AKC will not deny registration on
color alone. These
dogs have
been shown at AKC matches and non-AKC
events. Immature
dogs not having
a totally clear tan or immature dogs
that are not yet
totally blue
are acceptable under our Breed Standard
and should NOT be
disqualified.
To do so would be a misinterpretation
of the
Disqualification AND
of the Breed Standard.
.
The Yorkshire
Terrier whose
coat is of prime importance has a slow
metamorphosis from
the black
and tan puppy to the blue and tan adult.
Some of these dogs
take three
or more years for their coat to mature;
therefore our YTCA
Members chose
NOT to specify an age for color
maturity. Only
dogs of solid
color, unusual combination of colors,
and parti-colors
should be disqualified.
.
In summary:
.
DISQUALIFY
„X Solid color
dogs such as
a solid color gold or solid color chocolate
„X A chocolate and
tan dog or
other unusual combination of colors
„X A white dog
with black and
tan markings (parti-color)
.
DO NOT
DISQUALIFY
„X Puppies, Class
dogs and young
Champions whose tan has not yet
totally cleared.
This is typically
seen around the head area where
thumb prints may
exist. Young
Puppies may still have an intermingling
of black hair in
the tan.
„X Puppies and
young adults
whose black body coat has not yet totally
turned to blue.
„X A dog that has
a small white
spot not to exceed 1 inch on the fore-
chest.
.
A Blueprint or
Guide (Illustrated
Discussion) as to what the Parent
Club considers to
be the correct
Yorkshire Terrier can be obtained by
contacting the
club secretary.(Address
above) You may also check our
website YTCA.ORG
(with frames)
under Judges Education. |
